BILL NUMBER: AB 1319	CHAPTERED  10/10/99

	CHAPTER   955
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   OCTOBER 10, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JUNE 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Correa

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to amend Sections 54685, 54685.1, 54681.2, 54685.3,
54685.7, 54685.9, 54686, and 54686.2 of the Education Code, relating
to the Early Intervention for School Success Program.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1319, Correa.  Early Intervention for School Success Program.
   Existing law states the Legislature's intent to implement the
Early Intervention for School Success Program in 300 public
schoolsites between July 1, 1994, and June 30, 1999.  Existing law
requires the program to use a collaborative team approach and the use
of the home language of the pupil to assess the pupil's
developmental stages.  Existing law requires the use of authentic
assessment techniques in determining the developmental stages and
learning styles of pupils.  Existing law repeals the program on
January 1, 2000.
   This bill would extend the dates during which this program would
be implemented to July 1, 1999, through June 30, 2004, in the 300
schoolsites and would state the intent of the Legislature to provide
a support network for schools previously involved in the program and
to enable school personnel to acquire the knowledge, techniques, and
resources to provide individually appropriate intervention that
increases pupil achievement of state standards.  The bill would
require the use of a collaborative school team approach instead of a
collaborative team approach and would delete the required use of the
home language of the pupil to assess the pupil's developmental
stages.  The bill would refer to instructional levels instead of
developmental stages.  The bill would require the use of multiple,
rather than authentic, assessment techniques, including norm and
criterion referenced tests in determining the instructional levels of
pupils.  The bill would require the development and management of
classroom environments, consistent with class size reduction
legislation, that encourage and motivate pupils to succeed and the
implementation of interventions and appropriate differentiated
instruction that prevent reading failures.
   Existing law requires the management plan for the Early
Intervention for School Success Program to include, among other
things, the awarding of incentive grants to schools and adaptation of
the program to meet local needs.
   This bill would require that plan instead to include the
implementation of the program at 300 schoolsites between July 1,
1999, and June 30, 2004; the awarding of competitive grants and
adaptation of the program to meet state and local standards, the
goals of the California Reading Initiative and the expectations of
the class size reduction legislation; the development of a statewide
support network, the provision of professional development; and the
training of school personnel in certain skills.
   Existing law requires the training received by a teacher in
techniques for the Early Intervention for School Success Program
apply toward the professional growth required to maintain the
validity of teaching credentials.
   This bill would require that the training also be consistent with
the California Standards for the Teaching Profession developed by
Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
   This bill would provide that the program becomes inoperative on
July 1, 2004 and would repeal the program on January 1, 2005.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 54685 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54685.  (a) The Legislature finds that many public school pupils
enrolled in preschool, kindergarten, and grades 1 and 2 arrive at
school with a wide variety of abilities and experiences that will
influence the degree of their school success.   In order for all
pupils to meet the expectations of state standards, early
intervention is necessary for many pupils to prevent them from being
retained in a grade and failing in school.
   (b) The development of reading and literacy skills is a priority
for the education of all pupils and early intervention is necessary
for many pupils to be successful readers.
   (c) The Legislature also finds and declares that there is a need
to do all of the following:
   (1) To establish a system to assess pupils in preschool,
kindergarten, and grades 1 and 2 that measures their instructional
levels and adapts instruction to prevent school failure, thus
increasing achievement of state standards.
   (2) To implement appropriate instructional programs that reduce
the frequency and severity of learning problems for these pupils in
later years.
   (3) To reduce the likelihood that these pupils eventually will
need to be placed in remedial programs with higher costs.
   (4) To help schools adjust curriculum and instruction to meet the
needs of these pupils to increase their achievement of state
standards.
   (5) To provide comprehensive parent education that defines home
activities that support pupil learning.
   (d) The Legislature further finds and declares that the Early
Intervention for School Success Program is a model capable of
providing a comprehensive range of training materials and services to
accurately assess individual pupil instructional and developmental
levels, provide information and strategies to enhance the development
of reading and literacy skills for all pupils, provide comprehensive
parent education resources, expand the knowledge and skills of
school personnel to deliver appropriate interventions that will
increase pupil achievement of state standards, and reduce the need
for remedial programs for pupils in preschool, kindergarten, and
grades 1 and 2.
  SEC. 2.  Section 54685.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54685.2.  The Orange County Superintendent of Schools, having been
selected by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall continue
to manage the implementation of the Early Intervention for School
Success Program pursuant to the management plan described in Section
54683.5.
  SEC. 3.  Section 54685.3 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54685.3.  The management plan required by this section shall
include the following activities:
   (a) Implementation of the program at 300 public schoolsites within
the state between July 1, 1999, and June 30, 2004.
   (b) The dissemination of program information.
   (c) The awarding of competitive grants to schools representative
of the ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic diversity of the public
school system.
   (d) Provisions for training, materials, parent education, and
technical assistance.
   (e) Adaptation of the Early Intervention for School Success
Program to meet state and local standards, the goals of the
California Reading Initiative, and the expectations of class size
reduction legislation, including identification of existing materials
and development of new materials, if needed.
   (f) Development of a statewide support network.
   (g) Selection of successful sites as demonstration models for
inclusion in a statewide network.
   (h) Certification of one teacher for each funded schoolsite to
serve as a local trainer.
   (i) The provision of continued professional development
instruction in prevention and early intervention methods based on
research and exemplary practice.
   (j) The training of school personnel in the skills necessary to
determine instructional levels of pupils based on a continuous
assessment of pupils performance that is validated and supported by
the use of multiple assessment techniques.  For purposes of this
section, "multiple assessment techniques" includes, but is not
limited to, teacher observation, anecdotal records, norm referenced
tests, and criterion referenced tests.
   (k) Provision for an annual program progress report and program
evaluation by the Orange County Superintendent of Schools to be
submitted to the State Department of Education.
  SEC. 4.  Section 54685.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54685.7.  The criteria to be used in selecting schoolsites as
participants shall be based on the extent to which the school
demonstrates all of the following:
   (a) A need for the program.
   (b) The ability and commitment to disseminate the model program,
to serve as a model site, to release a teacher certified as a trainer
in the program, to collect evaluation data, and to continue to
employ the program after termination of state funding.
  SEC. 5.  Section 54685.9 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54685.9.  The techniques that shall be included in the Early
Intervention for School Success Program include all of the following:

   (a) The use of a collaborative school team approach to plan
instruction based on an initial assessment of each pupil validated
and supported through ongoing multiple assessment techniques of the
instructional learning needs of pupils in preschool, kindergarten,
and grades 1 and 2.
   The results of these observations and assessments shall not be
used to deny or delay school admissions or to track pupils.
   (b) The selection and application of educational materials and
instructional strategies that are appropriate to pupils'
instructional levels and individual learning needs.  These materials
and strategies will be selected with the purpose of providing an
active and appropriate learning environment that will be consistent
with current research and the California Reading Initiative.
   (c) The development and management of classroom environments,
consistent with class size reduction legislation, that encourage and
motivate pupils to succeed.
   (d) The implementation of interventions and appropriate
differentiated instruction that prevents reading failure.
  SEC. 6.  Section 54686 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   54686.  Training received by a teacher in techniques for the Early
Intervention for School Success Program shall apply toward the
requirement of professional growth, as required by subdivision (b) of
Section 44277 and is consistent with the California Standards for
the Teaching Profession developed by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
  SEC. 7.  Section 54686.2 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   54686.2.  This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2004,
and as of January 1, 2005, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2005,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
